Today’s Bible readings are 1 Chronicles 22:1-23:32, Romans 3:9-31, Psalm 12:1-8, & Proverbs 19:13-14
Romans 3:21-26
21 But now God has shown us a way to be
made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised
in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago. 22 We are
made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for
everyone who believes, no matter who we are.
23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious
standard. 24 Yet God freely and graciously declares that we are
righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty
for our sins. 25 For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for
sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his
life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he
held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past, 26 for
he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present
time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and
just, and he declares sinners to be right in his sight when they believe in
Jesus.
It is said
that the book of Romans is the book that nearly every Christian doctrine is
found. It is such an in depth book for us to learn & meditate on. Today, we
will look at the doctrine that is found in this text above.
God has
saved us through His Son, Jesus. It has always been His plan since the fall in
the garden. At just the right time, God sent His Son to do the impossible—FREE US
FRON SIN!
There was a
time when the only way that we could have right standing with God was to obey
the Law to a T. The only problem was that it was impossible to do! The burden
of trying to keep the Law was such a heavy weight that it would crush people.
Yet, people desired to have right standing with God so they worked themselves
to weariness trying to please God by the actions.
No matter
how well one did, at the end of the day they were still trapped by the weight
of sin. What a hopeless situation.
Then God did
the most amazing thing, He sent His Son to pay the penalty for sin once &
for all. Jesus died & shed His perfect blood so that we could have perfect
fellowship with Him & our new Father. His blood takes away our sin
consciousness & gives us a new righteousness consciousness. We are no
longer obsessive about sin. We can now focus of righteousness! The weight is
lifted forever!
Do your best
to remind yourself that you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. When
you begin to remember your past start to think & meditate on your present
state as a redeemed, blood-washed , born again, CHILD OF GOD!!! God had a plan
for us from the beginning & Jesus made it happen. You are not just an
ordinary person. You are a child of GOD!!!
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